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Admirals of the British Navy

III ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES EDWARD MADDEN, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O

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7. As an Acting Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. "Ruby," he served in the Egyptian War of 1882 and recei

pedo work, and from 1893 to 1896 was First Lieutenant

me Commander and was promoted Captain o

Captain to Sir Wilmot Fawkes, commanding t

istant to the Controller of the Navy, becoming on December 20

w of the Home Fleet in the Solent on A

ame Captain of H.M.S. "Dreadnought

nd from January 25th, 1910, to December, 1911, was Fourth Sea Lord; from January, 1910, to Apri

n First Fleet, and from December, 1912, to December, 1913, he commanded the Third Cruiser Squadron. In the

mmander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, and was specially granted the acting rank of Vice-Admiral on June 11th,

experience in fleets, special gift for organization, and his capacity for unlimited work, have all been of the greatest assistance to me, and have relieved me of much of the anxiety inseparable

more than

d confirmed as a Vice-Admiral on June 10th of the same year. On November 28th, 1916, h

rder of Savoy, holds the Russian Order of St. Anne (First Class), with S

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